One more hint to the problem. Another test with recording Arte HD gives the following output in user.log: Aug 7 16:31:14 raspberry vdr: [28148] timer 1 (5 1503-1655 'Galaxis Milchstraße') set to event Son 07.08.2016 15:05-16:45 (VPS: 07.08. 15:05) 'Galaxis Milchstraße' Aug 7 16:31:19 raspberry vdr: [6438] i/o throttle activated, count = 1 (tid=6438) Aug 7 16:31:22 raspberry vdr: [6438] buffer usage: 70% (tid=6448) Aug 7 16:31:24 raspberry vdr: [6438] buffer usage: 80% (tid=6448) Aug 7 16:31:26 raspberry vdr: [6438] buffer usage: 90% (tid=6448) Aug 7 16:31:29 raspberry vdr: [6438] buffer usage: 100% (tid=6448) Aug 7 16:31:29 raspberry vdr: [6438] ERROR: 1 ring buffer overflow (1 bytes dropped) Aug 7 16:31:35 raspberry vdr: [6438] ERROR: 26189 ring buffer overflows (4923532 bytes dropped) Aug 7 16:31:41 raspberry vdr: [6438] ERROR: 32283 ring buffer overflows (6069204 bytes dropped) Aug 7 16:31:47 raspberry vdr: [6438] ERROR: 36593 ring buffer overflows (6879484 bytes dropped) What does that mean? Matthias _______________________________________________ vdr mailing list vdr@xxxxxxxxxxx https://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr